Loop for lacing-steels



(No Model.)

'M. K. BORTREE. LOOP FOR LAGING STEELS.

Patented June 29,- 1897.

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PATENT LOOP FOR LAClNG-STEELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 585,638, dated June 29,1897. Application filed July 9, 1896. fierial No. 598,503. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern- Be it known that I, MOSES K. BORTREE, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Grand portions of garmentstogether by means of lacing, and is particularly adapted to be used inlacing the two half parts of. a corset together at the back.

It consists more particularly of the construction of loops which projectfrom the solid part of the fabric or garment and which carry and holdlacing-steels in place, thus forming perforations between the loops forthe lacingstrings.

In the drawings,Figure 1 indicates the strip of material cut in such away that it may be subsequently bent and turned to form the loops usedto confine the lacing-steel. Fig. 2 indicates a similar strip ofmaterial cut in a similar way and partially folded. Fig. 3 shows similarstrips cut and folded and ready to be stitched between the facing andlining of the corset. Fig. 4 shows the steel with its notched appendagethat is used within the loops of the foldedstrip of Fig. 3. Fig. 5indicates the appearance of the corset with the loop-strip stitched inplace and the lacingsteel inserted in the loops.

The loop-strip A is preferably'made of the same material as the facingof the corset. This is flexible material, the quality of which and thespecific name as a textile dilfers with the quality of the corset thatis to be made. A strip of the material of suitable width is selected andis cut at intervals with an H-shaped cut, in which that part of the outwhich maybe likened to the cross-bar of the H is twice the length of theloop that is to be formed and those cuts which may be likened to thestandards of the H are of sufficient length to allow the fabric a to befoldedback far enough toward the next adjacent cut to hold it in placewhen the fabric is bent and folded along the line 0 0. After the firstcutting the strip of material has the appearance shown in Fig. 1, inwhich the lines I) Z) indicate the cuts crosswise of the strip and thelines at (1 indicate the cuts parallel to the long axis of the strips.

In Fig. 2 is shown the strip as it appears after the flaps cm are bentback on that side of the strip which will subsequently become the insideof the loop. This bending of the flaps leaves the strip in the form of along strip of flexible material, across which there are oblong holes h.The strip A is next folded along the line cc, bringing the edges B Btogether, thus holding the flaps a a in the loops 7c inplace. The edgesB B are next inserted between the facing F and the lining of the corsetand the edges of the facing and lining are hemmed down on line M M andpreferably the strip A is inserted so far between the facing and liningthat the raw edgesof the hole H would be completely covered by thehemmed edges of the facing and lining strips, as shown by dotted lines'n 11.. By means of this construction the loops are doubled inthickness, with the raw or cut edges turned under in the longitudinalcenter of the loops, while the hemming, running as it does crosswisethrough the loops at a point beyond or between their outer ends and thedepth of the cutting, securely fastens the turned-under edges downwardand also to the fabric into which they are placed. This obviates anynecessity of weaving the loops in shape and while doubling the strengthof the loop at the same time saves the loss of any material whatever.The garment now presents the appearance of a corset in which there is oneach half at the back a number of projecting loops 7c. The loops at theextreme top and at the extreme bottom should be somewhat broader thanthe intervening loops, and the garment is finished by stitching thebinding 0% at the bottom, inserting the lacing-steel 4, and stitching onthe binding 19 at the top. The garment thus constructed securely holdsthe lacing-steel in place and provides at each of the lacing-holes aspace between the hole and the extreme back and edge of the garment andbetween the loop and over the lacing-steel, which is thinner than thegarment is where the loop passes over the steel, thus material.

It is obvious that this construction of loops to hold the lacing-steelsand their combination with the fabric of the garment can be employed inany garment when suitable, and I do not desire to limit myself to acorset in the combination.

That I claim is-- As a new article of manufacture, a strip of flexiblematerial formed into loops for the purpose of confining a lacing-steel,said loops being formed of a strip of material having adjacent outspartially across the strip, and having at each end of each cross-cut,short cuts lengthwise of the strip, the material between the short cutsmentioned being folded back and the entire strip folded along itslongitudinal axis to produce a number of loops, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twoWitnesses.

MOSES K. BORTREE. Witnesses:

R. A. PARKER,

MARION A. REEvE.

